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now russia, the arab league, and hezbollah are all condemning the action. >>> and the new chairman of the senate foreign relations committee pays back $60,000 to a donor for airplane rides. and that donor is under investigation by the fbi. much more on a stranger sorry surrounding senator bob menen z menendez. good morning from washington. it's thursday, january 31st, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. now less than 30 minutes away from the start of chuck hagel's confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of defense. we'll take you there live for his opening statement, along with what's expected to be some tough questioning from some big-name republicans. let's get right to my first read of the morning. let's start with the hagel confirmation grilling. could be the most contentious nomination hear of the president's second term and frankly, of any of the president's cabinet picks over the two terms. hagel's chances do look better today than at any point since his name was first floated. that said, he still has very little margin for error. senators are likely to
now russia, the arab league, and hezbollah are all condemning the action. >>> and the new chairman of the senate foreign relations committee pays back $60,000 to a donor for airplane rides. and that donor is under investigation by the fbi. much more on a stranger sorry surrounding senator bob menen z menendez. good morning from washington. it's thursday, january 31st, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. now less than 30 minutes away from the start of chuck...
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but any expert you talk to, shep, will tell you this is about hezbollah in lebanon. and they are saying they won't allow the transfer of any dangerous weapons to hezbollah in lebro lebanon. this is the beginning, and if hezbollah launches any counter strike, then the israelis will go in hard indeed. >> i was going to ask you if the state department and beyond is saying if syria might be in the position to do this? >> syria seems to want to transfer weapons, and there's a lot of feeling that president hasad is allowing them to come into syria and take caches of weapons and take them back, and this is what everybody is feeling here. that this is all evolving into complete chaos. and as hezbollah wants to protect their interests, israel wants to protect there's. >> we're watching more news in the south, tornadoes pushing their way across the country, in the mid south and all the way up to the great lakes, and now it's moving east. the danger is not over. and we'll go for the update. and we're following three breaking stories. this is the one in alabama where apparently
but any expert you talk to, shep, will tell you this is about hezbollah in lebanon. and they are saying they won't allow the transfer of any dangerous weapons to hezbollah in lebro lebanon. this is the beginning, and if hezbollah launches any counter strike, then the israelis will go in hard indeed. >> i was going to ask you if the state department and beyond is saying if syria might be in the position to do this? >> syria seems to want to transfer weapons, and there's a lot of...
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in syria preventing the assad regime from transporting chemicals and weapons of mass destruction to hezbollah. if the red line is crossed israel will attack again. we cover it all. "the kudlow report" begins now. first up we learned today the fourth quarter gdp fell slightly, much to everybody's surprise. so the white house is blaming republicans for the fiscal tax cliff and the spending sequester which i think is hilarious. they invented the sequester. we have had tax, spend and regulate policies for four years. why not try something different. let's talk about it with our powerhouse panel. jared bernstein, center on budget and policy priorities. senior fellow. doug holtz-ekin, peter suderman and james freeman, assistant editor for the wall street journal. james, i'm amoused right off the top. team obama starts attacking republicans first of all for the budget cutting sequester which they invented. second of all, for the fiscal cliff which they also invented. how silly is this? there is nothing serious about it at all. >> here we are. this is three years of big spending obamanomics. it's a t
in syria preventing the assad regime from transporting chemicals and weapons of mass destruction to hezbollah. if the red line is crossed israel will attack again. we cover it all. "the kudlow report" begins now. first up we learned today the fourth quarter gdp fell slightly, much to everybody's surprise. so the white house is blaming republicans for the fiscal tax cliff and the spending sequester which i think is hilarious. they invented the sequester. we have had tax, spend and...
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hezbollah and a very delicate balance here. of course their military allied to the assad regime but they have a very cautious political role to play here. they don't want to get into a lengthy military issue with the israelis and, of course, iran. certainly leadership driven by division. many not quite sure what they could do. concerns about some sort of covert retaliation, how ever that may play out. people are waiting to see if this is vague and at times in the past 24 hours, if that means something else could possibly happen. wolf? >> nick paton walsh in beirut watching this delicate situation unfold. thank you. >>> the "new york times" is not the only newspaper that says its been under attack by chinese hackers. "the wall street journal" says its paper was infiltrated as well. so...how'd it go? well, dad, i spent my childhood living with monks learning the art of dealmaking. you've mastered monkey-style kung fu? no. priceline is different now. you don't even have to bid. master hahn taught you all that? oh, and he says to s
hezbollah and a very delicate balance here. of course their military allied to the assad regime but they have a very cautious political role to play here. they don't want to get into a lengthy military issue with the israelis and, of course, iran. certainly leadership driven by division. many not quite sure what they could do. concerns about some sort of covert retaliation, how ever that may play out. people are waiting to see if this is vague and at times in the past 24 hours, if that means...
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we haven't heard yet from hezbollah. their media has been silent. they have not confirm anything that has happened as a result of what we've been reporting on today. and we've also learned from the united states government that in fact israel carried out air strikes targeting a convoy that was carrying weapons to hezbollah. we haven't heard anything from the israeli government. so you can see on that map that you just pointed out, a lot of players, a lot of different mixed signals. >> we don't generally expect to hear israel cop to do things like this. in the past when they have done things not exactly like this, but similar to this, they generally make a policy of not announcing it. in 2007, when israel bombed a nuclear reactor in syria, neither israel nor syria said that it happened. and it was widely viewed that syria not admitting that that strike had happened sort of gave them more of a pass than thigh they might otherwise have had in terms of retaliating. the fact that syria is confirming that this happened today, does that mean that there is
we haven't heard yet from hezbollah. their media has been silent. they have not confirm anything that has happened as a result of what we've been reporting on today. and we've also learned from the united states government that in fact israel carried out air strikes targeting a convoy that was carrying weapons to hezbollah. we haven't heard anything from the israeli government. so you can see on that map that you just pointed out, a lot of players, a lot of different mixed signals. >> we...
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they are behind problems with syria, problems with hezbollah, with hamas. they are destabilize go to israel. we may be on different time track than their nuclear weapons problem. so, there is going to come on a time we have to make a different decision? >> we've always said all options is on the table. the president has been clear on that. i am glad you raised the terrorism as peculiar of iran's behavior. there is so much attention on the effort to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon that we sometimes overlook the active efforts by the iranian revolutionary guard, their proxies like the lebanese hezbollah, to engage asags nations, bombings, destabilizing countries. that has been a very challenging ongoing threat. for a while, i have to tell you, when i came into office there were too many countries that were turning a blind eye to it. we have worked very hard to get the international community particularly the region, europe and elsewhere to say wait a minute. these guys need to be stopped on the terrorism front. they can't be permitted to go forward
they are behind problems with syria, problems with hezbollah, with hamas. they are destabilize go to israel. we may be on different time track than their nuclear weapons problem. so, there is going to come on a time we have to make a different decision? >> we've always said all options is on the table. the president has been clear on that. i am glad you raised the terrorism as peculiar of iran's behavior. there is so much attention on the effort to prevent them from getting a nuclear...
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hezbollah and lebanon. lori: was as a bold move to attack syria and israel standing alone, especially when you think about u.s. policy? >> that is what israel has to be sorry about. to mark the confirmation hearings of the senator hegel, on the record as saying sanctions are not working, and israel, if their is a real question. so they are looking in all this and saying to themselves, are we going to have to do this alone? no one wants them to get lewd -- nuclear-weapons, no one wants this more than we do. if we're on our own, if it is only as, we have to do it. lori: the president's quick to point out, very sensitive. >> passive aggressive, which is even worse because look what happened with libya. talk about dictators, but we never managed to secure all the weapons. that is was feeling all the fights. lori: and then you have to talk by egypt. >> and egypt, what is the problem there? there is no real cohesive government. egypt amelie topple the tape -- dictator, but will we got was pretty much chaos. a
hezbollah and lebanon. lori: was as a bold move to attack syria and israel standing alone, especially when you think about u.s. policy? >> that is what israel has to be sorry about. to mark the confirmation hearings of the senator hegel, on the record as saying sanctions are not working, and israel, if their is a real question. so they are looking in all this and saying to themselves, are we going to have to do this alone? no one wants them to get lewd -- nuclear-weapons, no one wants...
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again, being run by a terrorist organization that i equate and the intel community equates to hamas and hezbollah. the muslim brotherhood are bad guys. we should not be giving them the best tank and jets in the world. >> jeanine: when one of these jets has a problem, do we send in our guys to take care of it? >> we train the guys. >> jeanine: we train them to take care of it. >> or we'll do it. >> jeanine: isn't there an irony here? we are talking about banning assault rifles -- >> absolutely! >> jeanine: we want to give the muslim brotherhood, by the way, his own people rejected his claim to a dictatorship, after morsi came in. we don't want to give americans weapons -- >> we say, we don't want to give dangerous weapons to unstable people. but what we are talking about is giving very dangerous weapons to an unstable country, which has riots on the streets and can't feed itself, a country which is in economic chaos and headed down the road of political chaos? if there would be another benghazi -- god forbid -- could we rely on egypt to send an f-16 to help our guys next door. >> no. we wouldn't d
again, being run by a terrorist organization that i equate and the intel community equates to hamas and hezbollah. the muslim brotherhood are bad guys. we should not be giving them the best tank and jets in the world. >> jeanine: when one of these jets has a problem, do we send in our guys to take care of it? >> we train the guys. >> jeanine: we train them to take care of it. >> or we'll do it. >> jeanine: isn't there an irony here? we are talking about banning...
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surface-to-air missiles from syria to t hezbollah fighters in lebanon. world leaders have long feared that the chaos of the syrian civil war would lead to transfer of weapons to extremist groups. syria denied weapons and claimed that israeli jets attacked a military facility outside damascus. syria's ally iran said there would be repercussions for israel. russia called the strike unjustified attack. >> translator: this is a serious breach. this is unacceptable action against >> reporter: the white house has not publicly commented on the attack but the pentagon officials tell fox news the u.s. was given a heads up from israel. despite the saber rattling, so far, syria and the allies only issued threats. with the own civil war raging, it's not clear whether syria is if a position to respond with any real force. but launching an attack on israel could be used by assad to prop up his own crumbling regime. bret? >> bret: conor powell, thanks. iran says it's planning to speed up the effort to enrich uranium that could be used for nuclear bomb. they informeed t
surface-to-air missiles from syria to t hezbollah fighters in lebanon. world leaders have long feared that the chaos of the syrian civil war would lead to transfer of weapons to extremist groups. syria denied weapons and claimed that israeli jets attacked a military facility outside damascus. syria's ally iran said there would be repercussions for israel. russia called the strike unjustified attack. >> translator: this is a serious breach. this is unacceptable action against >>...
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all of these warnings, syria, iran, hezbollah are coming because of an israeli air strike on a syrian convoy of supposed chemical weapons towards hezbollah. >> let's go to jerusalem, where ivan watson is standing by. you've heard rolling through some of the usual potential suspects when you're looking at ankara and looking at sort of the, what has been happening geopolitically over the last days and weeks. what are the sorts of theories that are going to be thwarted? what degree could there be a link between that attack by israeli forces and maybe this particular incident about which we do not have a lot of information? >> that's right, well the problem is there are an awful lot of possible suspects behind what a u.s. official is telling cnn according to preliminary reports was a suicide bombing. let me give you one example. in 2008, a gunman attacked the u.s. consulate in istanbul, not in ankara the capital but the biggest city in turkey and at least six people were killed in a gun battle at that very heavily fortified u.s. diplomatic mission. there are a number of organizations inte
all of these warnings, syria, iran, hezbollah are coming because of an israeli air strike on a syrian convoy of supposed chemical weapons towards hezbollah. >> let's go to jerusalem, where ivan watson is standing by. you've heard rolling through some of the usual potential suspects when you're looking at ankara and looking at sort of the, what has been happening geopolitically over the last days and weeks. what are the sorts of theories that are going to be thwarted? what degree could...
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to identify hezbollah as a terrorist group. third, in november of twee, you failed to -- 2003, you failed to vote on a syrian accountability act with sanctions -- occupation of lebanon. four, in 2001, you were one of only two senators that year to vote against renewal of the iran-libya sanctions act. and lastly, in 2001, you were one of four senators who refused to sign the letter supporting israel. are those accurate? >> well, let's start with the -- >> no. i just want to know if the statement -- these are votes that took place. do you agree those votes took place? >> i want to ask the letter that you just noted in your fifth point, what was the date in the letter? >> the date. >> you said i refused to sign letter. >> october of 2001. >> a letter to -- >> ok. skip that one. is the other ones true? >> well, it was fairly important -- >> it's very important. i was holding the letter at the time that we were gathering signatures. >> i see. on the 2008 question regarding designating the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organizat
to identify hezbollah as a terrorist group. third, in november of twee, you failed to -- 2003, you failed to vote on a syrian accountability act with sanctions -- occupation of lebanon. four, in 2001, you were one of only two senators that year to vote against renewal of the iran-libya sanctions act. and lastly, in 2001, you were one of four senators who refused to sign the letter supporting israel. are those accurate? >> well, let's start with the -- >> no. i just want to know if...
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the attack took out a truck convoy believed to be transporting missile parts for hezbollah. syria claims two workers were killed in an israeli air strike at a research facility. it's not if the accounts are the same or separate incidents. >>> the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat come super bowl sunday, jack and jackie harbaugh will be feeling both at the same time. they're the proud parents of the two opposing super bowl coaches. john harbaugh, and the san francisco coach jim harbaugh. yesterday mom and dad held court in new orleans. >> this is our -- my hero right here, jackie harbaugh. and one other thing we would like to say, you're going to ask you how we feel on this historic event. jackie, who has it better than us? nobody! >> nobody! the harbaughs say they won't be wearing either team's colors, they say both sons have told them just enjoy the experience. >> later today on "the situation room" i have a piece exploring what brotherhood really means. >> in this case? >> i looked through all the famous brothers in history to see if there is a lesson there. >> i h
the attack took out a truck convoy believed to be transporting missile parts for hezbollah. syria claims two workers were killed in an israeli air strike at a research facility. it's not if the accounts are the same or separate incidents. >>> the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat come super bowl sunday, jack and jackie harbaugh will be feeling both at the same time. they're the proud parents of the two opposing super bowl coaches. john harbaugh, and the san francisco coach jim...
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not at all reluctant to go into syria and take out what we believe was a convoy of missiles headed hezbollah. this is -- these are only some of the issues of the cyber attacks that have been attributed to china against a number of corporations aring, including now the "new york times" and wall street journal. what do you think is first and foremost on john kerry's plate? >> i think that some of that is just going to be dictated, as you said, by crisis, by how much happens, how much quickly between israel and syria or what exactly happened in turkey today. i think that a big difference between what he was facing and what clinton was facing when she took the job is that obama is less interested now in the debate about what he wants to do in places like afghanistan. now he has more of a sense and wants to act a little more quickly. also, kerry has such a different task than hillary in the sense that his career, his run for the president is really behind him, and hers might now be ahead of her. they have a different -- they are coming to the job in a different way, and it's a different task -- s
not at all reluctant to go into syria and take out what we believe was a convoy of missiles headed hezbollah. this is -- these are only some of the issues of the cyber attacks that have been attributed to china against a number of corporations aring, including now the "new york times" and wall street journal. what do you think is first and foremost on john kerry's plate? >> i think that some of that is just going to be dictated, as you said, by crisis, by how much happens, how...
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target was believed to be a convoy that was carried heavy weapons out of syria into lebanon to go to hezbollah, the shiite militant group. now, obviously syria share as border with israel. it has very serious concerns about the security situation inside syria particularly because syria has a significant stock of chemical weapons. at this stage no one expecting syria to launch a retall ta torre torrey attack but serious concerns that their civil war is spilling across its borders. >> thank you, clarissa ward. >>> time now to show you some of the headlines from around the globe. the new york times says last night's hearing on gun control in newtown, connecticut, was an emotional affair. hundreds of people attended. parents of victims of the sandy hook school shooting testified. many of them in the room called for stricter control. >>> the tennessean says prostate cancer can find worse diseases. the study notes not all prostate cancer requires aggressive treatment. >>> saus today says the fda is cracking down on fake flu products. the products claim to treat, prevent, or shorten the length of the
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around the world that are threatened by the infection of al-qaeda or the infection of the quds force or hezbollah. we have a fundamental interest in helping the states of that area govern stably. and in the real world as it is today, happily, our values are generally embraced. and so that kind of government requires not using f-16s against your people, not, you know, machine gunning them to death, allowing elections to proceed in an open and honest way. this is not simply a question of we think everyone should be like us. this is a question of whether you want states to be stable in the world or whether you wallet the world to be a chaotic -- you want the world to be a chaotic hotwed of opportunities for our -- hotbed of opportunities. >> okay. can we take another question? yes, sir. [inaudible] >> congressman jo bonner, wanted to ask about the intelligence aspect and the brand nomination, how those two things may relate whether or not, you know, shifting from looking at state-based collecting and analysis as opposed to just looking so much more at not state actors, terrorist groups, things like
around the world that are threatened by the infection of al-qaeda or the infection of the quds force or hezbollah. we have a fundamental interest in helping the states of that area govern stably. and in the real world as it is today, happily, our values are generally embraced. and so that kind of government requires not using f-16s against your people, not, you know, machine gunning them to death, allowing elections to proceed in an open and honest way. this is not simply a question of we think...
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speech on the floor of the senate you referred to israel's military campaign against the terrorist group hezbollah as a sickening slaughter. i would suggest the characterizations -- do you think it's right that israel was committed a, quote, sickening slaughter as you said on the floor of the senate? >> i think, again, i would want to read all of it what i said -- >> what's he doing? perhaps with an eye the 2016 the right wingers didn't spare hillary clinton either. senator rand paul said she should have been fired for benghazi. >> i'm glad you're accepting responsibility. i think that ultimately with your leaving you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 2007 and i really mean that. had i been president at the time and i found you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the able qaaibles from ambassador stevens i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusable. >> it was particularly sweet there if you notice how he suggested she was resigning under pressure, that she was quitting the job because of benghazi even though for months if not years she said
speech on the floor of the senate you referred to israel's military campaign against the terrorist group hezbollah as a sickening slaughter. i would suggest the characterizations -- do you think it's right that israel was committed a, quote, sickening slaughter as you said on the floor of the senate? >> i think, again, i would want to read all of it what i said -- >> what's he doing? perhaps with an eye the 2016 the right wingers didn't spare hillary clinton either. senator rand...
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target was believed to be a convoy that was carrying heavy weapons out of syria into lebanon to go to hezbollah, the shiite militant group. now, obviously syria shares a border with israel. it has very serious concerns about the security situation inside syria, particularly because syria has a significant stock of chemical weapons. at this stage no one is expecting the syrians to launch a retaliatory attack but certainly this raises very real concerns about the possibility that syria's civil war is spilling across its borders. >> thank you clarissa ward. >>> time to show you morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says it was an emotional affair parents of victims of the sandy hook school shooting were among those testifying, many in the room called for stricter gun control. >>> "the tennesseean" says prostate cancer treatments can feel worse than the disease. research by vanderbilt university found men experienced widespread complications after undergoing surgery or radiation therapy. the study notes not all prostate cancer requires aggressive treatment. >>> "usa today"
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called for direct unconditional talks with the iranian regime not to mention direct talks with hamas, hezbollah and syria as well. he's pressed that such talks should proceed without the backing gained from other more forceful credible options. this approach is far too weak to be effective and reveals a person less committed to results than this critical moment demands. the second track of the comprehensive search for a solution is sanctions. i have supported all legislative efforts to create and impose both unilateral and multilateral sanctions on iran. leveraging similar commitments from our friends have been possible in pursuing sanctions when necessary. it has been limited to impose sanctions that arguably stiffened the spine of the international community and made increasingly harsh multilateral regimes possible. senator hagel does not see it that way. he repeatedly voted against sanctions legislation, even opposing those aimed at their iranian revolutionary guard corps which at the time was killing our troops in iraq. he has long argued against sanctions imposed by the united states absen
called for direct unconditional talks with the iranian regime not to mention direct talks with hamas, hezbollah and syria as well. he's pressed that such talks should proceed without the backing gained from other more forceful credible options. this approach is far too weak to be effective and reveals a person less committed to results than this critical moment demands. the second track of the comprehensive search for a solution is sanctions. i have supported all legislative efforts to create...
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talking about the possible suspects, hezbollah, iran, syria, also al qaeda, the suspects in benghazi bombing fled to turkey after that bombing. >> lots of suspects in this. thanks guy, appreciate it. we get to "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. >> hi, soledad. stories we're watching right now in "the newsroom" the blast felt around the world. suicide bomber strikes just outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. we have the latest on this developing story. >>> mistakenly freed a convicted murderer on the loose, the latest on the frantic search to find him. >>> popular cough and cold syrups you may have in your cupboard are being recalled because the caps on the bottles aren't child proof enough. plus -- i can't even explain to you how insane it is in bat herher baltimore. >> what time is it? >> game time! >> what time is it? >> game time! >> big dogs in the house! >> woof, woof! >>> a couple of hours ago a bomber got as close to the front gate of the u.s. embassy in turkey before detonating. the state department scrambles to beef up security in response to the deadly attac
talking about the possible suspects, hezbollah, iran, syria, also al qaeda, the suspects in benghazi bombing fled to turkey after that bombing. >> lots of suspects in this. thanks guy, appreciate it. we get to "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. >> hi, soledad. stories we're watching right now in "the newsroom" the blast felt around the world. suicide bomber strikes just outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. we have the latest on this developing...
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has been fully confirmed, various reports about weapons possibly going into lebanon from syria to aid hezbollah. as soon as that happened the syrians came out, advance it one more time, the syrians came out with strong wording against israel, strong threats, and iran was part of that statement as well against israel. now you see the context for how this all fits together right now on our map geographically speaking. john bolton now, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor here to try and i guess piece it all together and help us understand what is important and what is not. based on the events of today what should we understand? >> well, obviously at this point we don't know who is responsible, but you've laid out some of the possibilities. the curdish communist party which has long been in a struggle with the curdish government over independence, possible but i think unlikely because they have no interest in striking american targets. they don't want us siding with the turkish government in their struggle for independence. possible but unlikely. more likely child or
has been fully confirmed, various reports about weapons possibly going into lebanon from syria to aid hezbollah. as soon as that happened the syrians came out, advance it one more time, the syrians came out with strong wording against israel, strong threats, and iran was part of that statement as well against israel. now you see the context for how this all fits together right now on our map geographically speaking. john bolton now, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, fox news...
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at this moment than the fall of the assad regime from there is no greater blow that can be dealt to hezbollah are dealt to hamas the in the fall of the regime. if one wants to be a coldhearted realist and put together of the public and the moral considerations that people like me like to develop, there is no question that that is a cold strategic standpoint. in our interests and requires us to do whatever we can. when i say whatever we can come and here i go back to something that the comrade kagan said nobody's talking about 200,000 troops, and with all due respect -- i know it didn't happen that long ago, the iraq war is not all that we need to know about every foreign policy decision that the united states has to make. and so what i would say is the final point that we will discover coming and we have discovered before, is the pursuit of our values abroad turns out to have strategic benefits by the united states because the position in the united states is one of his alliance is not just with regimes but with people and that is the point at which. [applause] >> thank you, leon and bob. i w
at this moment than the fall of the assad regime from there is no greater blow that can be dealt to hezbollah are dealt to hamas the in the fall of the regime. if one wants to be a coldhearted realist and put together of the public and the moral considerations that people like me like to develop, there is no question that that is a cold strategic standpoint. in our interests and requires us to do whatever we can. when i say whatever we can come and here i go back to something that the comrade...
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israel saying it did target the convoy to prevent hezbollah from obtaining russian-made surface-to-air missiles. many world leaders fearing extremists would get their hands on the weapons as syria's civil war wages on. syria says the weapons convoy didn't exist and the israeli jets attacked a military facility outside damascus. israel's first strike inside syria since 2007. that may have been what hillary clinton meant when she said yesterday after giving up the secretary of state post that the world is a very difficult place right now. >>steve: it is. yesterday chuck hagel had a rough first day. he would like to be our next secretary of defense. his appearance was rambling. he was stapl pherg. "the new york daily news" this morning writes whatever president obama sees in chuck hagel, it was largely invisible as he faced his former colleagues. if you missed the testimony, we had it largely here on the channel yesterday. here he is tangling with john mccain over the troop surge in iraq which mr. hagel opposed. >> if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer.
israel saying it did target the convoy to prevent hezbollah from obtaining russian-made surface-to-air missiles. many world leaders fearing extremists would get their hands on the weapons as syria's civil war wages on. syria says the weapons convoy didn't exist and the israeli jets attacked a military facility outside damascus. israel's first strike inside syria since 2007. that may have been what hillary clinton meant when she said yesterday after giving up the secretary of state post that the...
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. >> the neighborhood but in particular for reasons you know in regard to relating to hezbollah in lebanon. how real is that danger and if it is going to happen, my question is, what are you going to do? at this point it seems it is already happening. >> there is a saying in lebanon, in time of nations change please save your head. >> what does that mean? >> it means we are disassociating ourself from what is going on in syria by all means. we are associating because we have a kind of a historical geographic relation with syria and now today if we take any position, really we would be more -- our lebanese society and between the lebanese citizens. we had a position to disassociate ourselves but this doesn't mean that we disassociate ourself from humanitarian issue. today we are helping and receiving syrians who are insuring for them, sheltering, medical care, schooling, food, everything. also this document mean that we don't have to put all scenarios in front of us and to see what kind of implication it will affect us in the future. i would love to talk about the options but before talking
. >> the neighborhood but in particular for reasons you know in regard to relating to hezbollah in lebanon. how real is that danger and if it is going to happen, my question is, what are you going to do? at this point it seems it is already happening. >> there is a saying in lebanon, in time of nations change please save your head. >> what does that mean? >> it means we are disassociating ourself from what is going on in syria by all means. we are associating because we...